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Police in The Gambia say they have charged a 47-year-old man with terrorism and incitement to violence over an inflammatory audio calling for post-electoral violence by opposition groups, APA learnt on Tuesday.
Adama Barrow may have been returned to the Gambian presidency with a bigger than expected margin of victory but some takeaways from the December 4th presidential vote are just as hard to miss.
The streets of urban Gambia appear to be quiet on Tuesday, after Monday’s skirmishes between the police and opposition supporters protesting the results of the presidential election which handed victory to incumbent President Adama Barrow.
President Adama Barrow has been returned to office after polling 452, 579 or 53.2 percent of the total votes from Saturday’s presidential election, according to the final results from the independent electoral commission on Sunday.
As Gambians wait patiently for the official announcement of Saturday’s presidential election, there are expectations from whoever emerges as the eventual winner.
Shops and other businesses remain closed in urban districts of The Gambia where voting is well underway to elect the country’s new leader for the next five years.
The two frontrunners in The Gambia’s landmark presidential election have urged their compatriots to exercise their voting rights in peace and tranquility and eschew acts that might undermine the credibility of the polls.
Polling has closed in The Gambia’s first presidential election since the fall of Yahya Jammeh with six candidates vying for the country’s top job including incumbent Adama Barrow.
Gambians have resorted to panic-buying hours ahead of a nervy presidential election, which promises to be the closest race for the country’s top job in a generation, APA can report on Friday.
Campaigning for Gambia’s December 4th presidential election has been taking place in a largely carnival atmosphere but beyond this feel-good facade lurks a perceptible cocktail of tension and fear over its possible aftermath.